Of first Council of Lyons.
THis Council was at the same time with that of Epaone. It consisted of ten Bishops and the Archbishop of Lyons, who were assembled to Judge one S••ephen accus'd of Incest. He was con∣victed of it, and condemned by the Synod, together with his Wife Palladia. This being an Affair of great Consequence, and the Court concerning themselves in it. The Bishops made Canons for defending briskly what they had done.
The first imports, That all the Bishops shall inviolably maintain the Condemnation they had pass'd against Stephen and against her whom he married, and that they shall use the same course against all those who shall be found guilty of the same Crime.
The second, That if any one of them shall be persecuted for this Cause, all the other Bishops shall sympathize with him in his Affliction, shall comfort and succour him.
The third, That if the King continue to refrain from Communion with the Bishops, after he has had time to return to it, they shall all withdraw into Monasteries, until such time as the Prince, being moved with the Prayers of the Saints, grant Peace to the Church▪ and that no•• one shall come out of them until Peace be restor'd to all the rest.
By the fourth, Bishops are forbidden to attempt any thing upon the Jurisdiction of their Bre∣thren.
The fifth renews the Prohibitions of aspiring to the Bishoprick of a Bishop who is alive, and Ex∣communicates for ever those, who get themselves ordain'd in their room, as also those who have any hand in these Ordinations.